Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-06-11

LIZ liou tuhoH IdlLer d nancy W LHe
bright blue eyes and delicate blonde
beauty of the former. His home was
solitary enough, now that his sisters
had all married and gone away, and
perhaps a man might find a less at
tractive and graceful wife than Medo-
IA May. But he could not be mistak-
en-, he thought, in Grace Craxall's
identity.
And so the next evening, about the
same time, he sauntered into the
shop.
Grace was behind the daintilyc clean
little counter, taking some newly
made maple caramels off the pan.
She looked up with a smile.
"Good evening, Mr.. Valance" said
she.
$780," he thought, ~ wasn't mis-
taken after all. And the little blue
eyed seraph is mortal enough to tell
a falsehood, in spite of her angelic
appearance
But he looked serenelya at Grace.
81 didn't know you were in trade"
said he.
Didn't you? WE'LL" retorted
/ Grace, 81 am my aunt Deborah's
shop girl at present. 1 always come
here in the evenings to help her, be-
I, cause" she added, with a sweet
! shade of seriousness coming over her
face, "aunt was old and poor and she
didn't know how to maintain herself
in independence; and, unfortunately,
/, my wages at the factory are not
enough for BOTH. So l advised her
: to open this business, and she did,
and she's doing well; and she bakes
the most delicious bread and pies you
l ever ate, So" witha saucy twinkle
under her ey%elashes, "if you know of
any customers, will you please recon-
, menu our nrm ~
"To be sure 1 SHALL" he answered,
in the same spirit. "And l am very
| glad, Miss Craxall, to see that you
are not ashamed of being a working
girl"
r "Of course l am not" said Grace.
"Why should 1 be?"
r "But your cousin Medora is"
Grace gave a little shrug of her
shoulders.
every likely" said she. "Medora
and [ differ in many things"
Mr.. Valance bought a pound of
caramels and went away.
"She is a beauty" he said to him.
self. "And she is a sensible beauty
9 into the bargain. One of those rare
Y creatures in our country-a thorough
! ly well-balanced girl"
4 He must have been very we'll
pleased with his purchase, for he
came again the next evening, just in
time to walk home with Grace Crax-
all. And they talked over Aunt De
borah's affairs, and concluded, as
| -four was low just then, it would be a
favorable opportunity to lay in her
winter stock through MI. Valance,
u who was acquainted with one of the
d great New York grain merchants.
Only a few weeks had elapsed when
Medora May was electrified to learn
that her cousin Grace was engaged.
d "To some master baker or journey
: man confectioner, l suppose" she
said contemptuously.
r "No," said Grace, with eyes roguish.
ly sparkling, "to Mr.. Herbert Val.
u ance."
Observation-Disclosures" said Me.
d dora, turning red then pale.
"But it's really So" said Grace,
: "And we are to be married in three
n months. And Aunt Debby is tC
d come and live with me as soon as she
st can dispose other business to advan.
n tage. And, dear Medora, 1 hope yor
n will often come and visit me, too"
l. Medora May did not answer. She
IS could not. But in her secret hear
S, she realized how infinitely more sue
IS cessful in life's lists had been Grace's
IS true, frank honesty than her owl
subtle and devious course.
1t Like many another, however, thu
d lesson had come to her too late.
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- Is a strong, healthy, vigorous wife
: with a clear, handsome complexion
>, These can all be acquired by using
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